Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night: The WTO Appellate Body Crisis

Published on Jan 08, 2019

Author:Associate Professor Henry Gao (Singapore Management University)   Since its inception, the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) has never been short of naysayers. This reached a whole new level after the fateful Ministerial Conference in Seattle in 1999, when ill wishes for the organization became fashionable, at least among some quarters. But it sailed through the treacherous waters and…

Kluwer Mediation Blog – October and November Digest

Published on Dec 21, 2018

This blog was first published on 03 Dec  2018 in Kluwer Mediation Blog:http://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2018/12/03/kluwer-mediation-blog-october-and-november-digest/   Author: Anna Howard (Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London)   “Mediating is, in the end, service. Humility is its fertile soil.” Bill Marsh in “David Richbell – Lessons in Life and…

Does Investor-State Arbitration Have a Future? Keynote Speech by Sir Christopher Greenwood

Published on Dec 10, 2018

This blog was first published on 30 Nov 2018 in Kluwer Mediation Blog: http://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2018/11/30/does-investor-state-arbitration-have-a-future-keynote-speech-by-sir-christopher-greenwood/ Author:Lixin Chen, Aaron Yoong (Singapore Management University)   The 8th edition of the Herbert Smith Freehills – SMU Asian Arbitration Lecture, jointly organised with the…

Singapore Case Note Part 2: What happens when a party to a mediated settlement agreement has a change of heart?

Published on Nov 29, 2018

This blog was first published on 17 Nov 2018 in Kluwer Mediation Blog:http://mediationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2018/11/17/singapore-case-note-part-2-what-happens-when-a-party-to-a-mediated-settlement-agreement-has-a-change-of-heart/   Author:Nadja Alexander , Shou Yu Chong (Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy)   In October, we reported on a recent case from the Singapore High…

Arb-Med-Arb in cross-border disputes

Published on Nov 15, 2018

  Authors: Janet C. Checkley is a researcher at (Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy), Professor Nadja Alexander is a director at (Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy)   To satisfy the needs of an increasingly diverse set of legal cultures meeting in the global marketplace today, dispute resolution mechanisms must continually evolve. One of the recent…

Fragmenting Dispute Settlement in the New Regionalism Era

Published on Nov 12, 2018

Author: Associate Professor Pasha Hsieh( Singapore Management University,Lee Kong Chian Fellow)   My research focuses on the legal issues that arise from free trade agreements (FTAs), as these proliferating agreements are critical to growth and development in Singapore and other Asia-Pacific countries.  Alongside the ongoing trade war between the US and China, the world is entering a new era of…